| Clinical characteristics | Early-onset sepsis | p-value | OR (IC-95%) | |
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| Gyneco-obstetric |
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| Prenatal controls (n (%))1/ |
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| <5 | 8 (88.89) | 1 (11.11) | 0.038* | 7.60 (0.93 - 61.92) |
| ≥5 | 100 (51.28) | 95 (48.72) | ||
| Maternal risk factors (n (%))1/ |
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| Chorioamnionitis | 3 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.249 | - |
| Premature rupture of membranes ≥ 18 h | 24 (96.00) | 1 (4.00) | 0.000* | 27.14*** (3.59 - 204.98) |
| Fever | 9 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.004* | - |
| Vaginitis | 80 (83.33) | 16 (16.67) | 0.000* | 14.29*** (7.18 - 28.42) |
| Bacteriuria | 29 (96.67) | 1 (3.33) | 0.000* | 34.87*** (4.65 - 261.76) |
| Foul-smelling amniotic fluid | 3 (100.00) | 0 (0.00) | 0.249 | - |
| Neonatal |
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| Gender (n (%))1/ |
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| Male | 62 (54.39) | 52 (45.61) | 0.642 | 1.14 (0.66 - 1.98) |
| Female | 46 (51.11) | 44 (48.89) | ||
| 5-min Apgar score (n (%))1/ |
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| <7 | 3 (75.00) | 1 (25.00) | 0.624 | 2.71 (0.28 - 26.54) |
| ≥7 | 105 (52.50) | 95 (47.50) | ||
| Birthweight (mean (SD))2/ gr | 2578 (464) | 2901 (492) | 0.000** | - |
| Gestational age (GA) (mean (SD))2/weak | 36 (1.84) | 38 (1.95) | 0.000** | - |
| Small for Gestational age (n (%))1/ | 19 (61.29) | 12 (38.71) | 0.312 | 1.49 (0.68 - 3.27) |
| Newborn (n (%))1/ |
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| Late preterm | 72 (70.59) | 30 (29.41) | 0.000* | 4.40*** (2.44 - 7.93) |
| Term infant | 36 (35.29) | 66 (64.71) | ||
| Postnatal |
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| Nasal cannula oxygen (n (%))1/ | 63 (58.33) | 17 (17.71) | 0.000* | - |
| NIRS (n (%))1/ | 39 (36.11) | 4 (4.17) | 0.000* | - |
| CMV (n (%))1/ | 9 (8.33) | 0 (0.00) | 0.004* | - |
| Admission NICU (n (%))1/ | 44 (40.74) | 7 (7.29) | 0.000* | - |
| Days length of hospital stay (mean (SD))3/ | 5.77 (4.18) | 2.56 (1.54) | 0.000** | - |